American record label founded by musician Prince in 1985, and was opened to the public as a museum and memorial to Prince following his death

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Paisley Park Records was an American record label founded by musician Prince in 1985, which was distributed by and funded in part by Warner Bros. Records. It was started in 1985, following the success of the film and album Purple Rain. The label shares its name with Prince's recording complex Paisley Park Studios and the song "Paisley Park" on his 1985 Around the World in a Day album. Paisley Park was opened to the public as a museum and memorial to Prince following his death.

Paisley Park Studios

The studio was designed by architecture firm BOTO Design Inc, of Santa Monica, California, and officially opened on September 11, 1987. It contains two live music venues used as rehearsal spaces. After the label folded in 1994, Prince continued to live and record at Paisley Park Studios. Prince's intention before his death was to establish Paisley Park as a public venue like Graceland.

Touring Paisley Park

On August 24, 2016, it was announced that Paisley Park, would be turned into a museum open to the public. Tours of the Paisley Park Museum started October 2016. Graceland Holdings, the company that has managed Elvis Presley's Graceland since 1982, announced it would organize the tours. Tours include studios where Prince recorded, produced and mixed some of his biggest hits, and the soundstage where he rehearsed for tours and hosted exclusive private concerts. Also featured are thousands of artifacts from his personal archives, including iconic concert wardrobe, awards, musical instruments, artwork, rare music and video recordings, concert memorabilia, automobiles and motorcycles.

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